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Commonwealth of Virginia,
County of Rockingham, to-wit:
In the Circuit Court of said County:
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The jurors of the Commonweal th of Virginia, in and for
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now. .a.tiending the Circuit
body of the County of Ro.ckin_gham L and rm
at 1 ts -,a nua.r y t e . 1 ":J r r
Court of said county:,_/UPO THEIR OATHS FRESEN.T, that R .L •..stult z.
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in t he sa id County , did h ere t ofore since t he 1 st day of November,
1 916, to -wit, on t he 21st da y of De ce mber,1 916 , unl awf ully rece i ve
and accept delivery of a r dent spirits fro m the Southe rn ---;: xpress company ,
a corporation an d a common c a r rier, i n this , t hat on t he sa id 21s t day
of De cembe r,1916, he, the said R. L. Stu.ltz , a gai nst the form of the st at ute , rece ived and a ccepted delivery of one quart of miskey from the
sai d Southern -,xpress Company , ...at i ts office in the City of Harrisonburg ,
i n t he ~o~ ty afore said , having within a period of thirty days prior
thereto . to - wi t, on November 24, 1 916, re ceived and accepted delive r y of
a ce rta in ot her quart of whiskey from the same carr i er at the same
place , b oth of t ho s a id deliveries being . of whiskey consigned to the said
R.t . stultz and trans~ort d by the sai d Southern Express company ,
against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
This indictment is found on the testimony of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
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witnesses sworn in Court and sent before the Grand Jury to give
evidence.
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Ha rry M. Strickler ,
. ' O)mmonweal t h • s Attorney .
�Commonwealth of Virginia,
County of Rockingham, to-wit:
In the Circuit Court of said County:
The f urors ci'f the Commonweal th' of ·virginia,. in and for . the
body of the County of Rockingham, and now attending the Circuit
a t 1,i,j;;.s._ J...an_ te.nn.. 1 917
Court of sa~d county,/u~U~ THKlR UATHSr'RtSENT, that
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sin c e Nov .-1 , 1916 , in said county , di d unl a. fully re ceive wi th i n
a per i od o f t h i r ty days , a rdent sp ir it s in exce ss of t ha t a llowed
by l aw , name l y ; one q_uc r t o f whiske y on 1Tov . 24 , 191 6 , an d one
qua.rt o f whi skey on :Dec . 21 , 1916 , i n vi ol a ti on o f t he pr ohibition
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against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
This indictment is found on the testimony of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
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witnesses sworn in Court and sent before the Grand Jury to give
evidence.
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COMMONWEALTH
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R. L . Stul t z .
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c use the Commonwea lth to ma i ntain t h e i s su e on its pa rt intro duce d ,7. . Gai the r, who test i f i ed in ch i ef :
Tha t he i s the a gen
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on Nove. ber 24 , 1 91 , call ed at t h e office of s a id
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f or t he s ame by si gni ng the Company ' s re co
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o::r either of them, "'.;hat they were sealed whe ,1 rece i ved and he
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��February 12, 1917.
This is to certify that on a pet itio n of R . L . Stultz ,
one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
has allowe d a writ o f error and supersedeas to a judgment of the
Circuit Court of Rockingham County, p ronounce d on the second day
of February ,
1917,
in the cause t h en therein p ending of the Com-
monwealth of Virginia
v . R. L. Stultz , provided the petit ioner,
or some one for him, sha ll enter into bon
in the sai d Clerk ' s
off.1'- ce, of good security, in the penalty of One Hundre d Do llars,
conditioned as the law directs.
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r,re~r or John
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tent of 22 . 95 per cent .
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excess of the quantity allowed by the provisions of the Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved
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Rockingham County Prohibition Records: Criminal Cases
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The first series of the Prohibition Records collection consists of all criminal case records associated with cases brought to the <strong>Rockingham County Circuit Court</strong> from 1916-1964. Not every individual was indicted for a criminal offense and many were simply judged as misdemeanors. The cases have been separated and arranged by the last name of the defendant. <br /><br />For more information on the Prohibition collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aids</a>" tab in the menu above.
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Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse
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Prohibition--History
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Rockingham County (Va.)--History
Rockingham County (Va.)--Genealogy
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1916-1933
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Pro001
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<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/7">Prohibition Records: Liquor Inventory</a><br /><a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/collections/show/6">Prohibition Records: Affidavits for Ardent Spirits </a>
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Commonwealth v. R.L. Stultz
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Craig Schaefer, Kayla Heslin, Selena St. Andre
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1917
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RcPr-box1-030
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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